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Wow! Those numbers are way off the target. Any guesses why the numbers are so low? Ranges being closed down? Coyotes? People not reporting their kills? What were the final numbers last year?

I would guess weather.

Too many people, not enough deer, loss of prime hunting areas, and a lot of the other hunting areas have not been open this season. If things continue like this through the rest of the season they will be lucky to kill 20 bucks.

I don't remember what the numbers were last year, but they didn't reach the buck quota. I think there were 40'ish bucks killed.

I remember checking around this time last year and the numbers were maybe 8 bucks and 20-ish does. I never got the final numbers. I think from now on I will skip Oct-Dec out there and hope they can extend the season into Feb.

Sounds like most all other places / stories I hear these days. It is reaping what has been sown by killing 3, 4 , 5 times more does than bucks. With a declining deer herd nationwide. Its not rocket science, you kill more does than bucks and you are reducing the herd. We have been overharvesting does for many years now, this combined with rising predator populations have our herd the lowest its been in years and it will never improve until people lay off the doe harvest.